Sep. 27, 2006Head
teacher guilty of bullying
A head teacher has been found guilty of unacceptable
professional conduct by bullying and intimidating
staff as well as breaching employment procedures.
>>> Source: BBC
News

Aug. 05, 2006Beat
bullies at any price
Fiona Phillips - ...I for one am overjoyed that City
secretary Helen Green's case of workplace bullying
was treated seriously in the High Court this week.
The court found that she had been the victim of "a
deliberate and concerted campaign of bullying"
and awarded her £800,000.
>>> Source: Mirror.co.uk

Dec. 07, 2005KFC
bullies 'caused girl's death'
A jury has decided that a teenager took her own life
after being bullied by fellow workers at a KFC restaurant.
Hannah Kirkham, 18, of Baguley, Manchester, had been
attacked and humiliated by some of her colleagues,
the inquest heard.
>>> Source: BBC
News

Nov. 24, 2005
Scientist who cloned Dolly 'bullied Asian colleague'
By Auslan Cramb, Scottish Correspondent. The scientist
who cloned Dolly the sheep was accused yesterday of
bullying an Asian colleague in a £1 million
race discrimination case. Prof Ian Wilmut, 63, is
alleged to have forced Dr Prim Singh, 45, to leave
his job as a molecular biologist at the Roslin Institute
near Edinburgh. >>>
Source: Telegraph.co.uk

Nov.
17, 2005Adult
workplace encourages bullies
By Lyn Cockburn, Edmonton Sun. Bullying is surely
encouraged in schools by events in the adult workplace
in which the whistleblower who reports company wrongdoing
is reprimanded or even fired instead of praised. >>>
Source: EdmontonSun.com

Jul. 30, 2005What
to do about a really bad boss
By Margarita Bauza, Knight Ridder Newspaper
DETROIT -- Stephanie Givinsky was never one to take
abuse from people.
When she found herself working in an eight-person
urban planning firm with a brilliant boss who regularly
ridiculed, blamed and yelled at her and her co-workers,
it didn't take long for her to quit... >>>
Source: SouthCoastToday.com

Jun. 7, 2005Workplace
bullying costs billions
According to International Behavioural Consultants
(IBC), the loss of employees as a result of bullying
affects a company's reputation and profitability.
In fact, bullying in the workplace is now estimated
to cost Irish businesses around €3 billion annually.
>>> Source:
irishhealth.com

Nov. 24, 2004Man
Gets Out Of Prison After Killing Bully In '95
SPRING VALLEY, Calif. -- A retired Navy commander
is scheduled to be released from state prison this
week -- exactly nine years after he killed a bully
terrorizing his San Diego neighborhood, 10News reported.
>>> Source:
10News

Sep. 13, 2004If
you want to avoid stress
By The Journal
Over a quarter of a million people in the UK take
time off work every day, due to stress. Business Link
Tyne & Wear manager Nicki Clark discusses the
major causes of workplace stress and what to do about
them. >>>
Source: icNewcastle.co.uk

Aug 17, 2004Bullied
workers suffer 'battle stress'.
By Julian Knight BBC News Online personal finance
reporter. What do soldiers under fire and bullied
workers have in common? Not much, you may think. However
research from a leading psychologist suggests that
bullied workers go through the very same emotions
and stresses as battle-scarred troopers.>>> Source:
BBC
News

Jul. 3, 2004Six
people dead in Kansas plant shootingIn an article from CNN.com
it is reported that one of the wounded workers has
died bringing the total number of fatalities to 6.
The 21 year old shooter, Elijah Brown, did not have
a criminal record and according to Kansas City Police
Chief Ronald Miller there was "some truth"
to a rumor that Brown may have had specific targets
in mind and let others pass unharmed. >>>
Source: CNN.com

Jun. 10, 2004How
Brain Gives Special Resonance To Emotional Memories
DURHAM, N.C. -- If the emotional memory of a traumatic
car accident or the thrill of first love are remembered
with a special resonance, it is because they engage
different brain structures than do normal memories,
Duke University researchers have discovered. >>>
Source: Duke
University

Apr. 24, 2004DEFRA
throws away agricultural expertise Andrew Taylor explained
today how bullying in a DEFRA department (the cattle
tracing project (CTS) that developed software for
British Cattle Movements System) at Guildford in November
2000 resulted in his being unjustly sacked, just months
before his unique combination of farming experience
and expertise in farming related software were so
desperately needed. >>> Source: Warmwell.com

Calgary Herald"...grossly
unacceptable employer behaviour.">
AFL"There was a lot
of bullying in the newsroom and it was a gift
to be able to stand up and say we are prepared
to do something about it.">
UNB

Canwest Global
"The CanWest
corporation is showing the ugly and intolerant
face of modern media," ... "While
openly interfering in editorial content it cravenly
punishes those journalists who have the courage
to protest.">
IFJ"Many journalists
left CanWest, deciding to quit or take disability
leave after the frigid mood of their newsrooms
made them ill.">
Canwest Watch

Imperial Parking
"Timothy Lloyd
decided he had had enough of "going in
to war every day." ... I was very unhappy
in my work -- burned out, stressed out ... There
were constant threats of dismissal, constant
invading of my personal space, and use of profanity
that was personally directed at me.">
HealthSmith

Annuity Research
& Marketing Service Ltd."Every employer,
said Justice Dambrot, owes a contractual duty
to its employees to “treat them fairly,
with civility, decency, respect, and dignity.”
By failing to protect Ms. Stamos from Mr. Hammami’s
harassment, the court concluded that the employer
had breached this contractual duty.">
Labor Relations Consultants

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